Passed medical examination and enlisted at Welland , OntarioPosted to the 76th Overseas Bn. CEFEmbarked at Montreal per SS'Scandinavian'Transferred to the 39th Bn. CEFTaken on strength Canadian Base Depot , FrancePosted to the 4th Bde. Canadian Machine Gun Coy.​Joined unit in the field​Died of wounds at N°2 Canadian Field Ambulance

​'At about 6.00 o'clock on the morning of April 23rd,1916, he was with his company in Trench 28, just south of the Yser canal, at the Bluff, when the line was heavily shelled by the enemy.He was severely wounded by shrapnel and evacuated to N°2 Canadian Field Ambulance where he succumbed to his wounds.'